[Buildroot] custom skeleton question

[Liam Staskawicz]

> On May 29, 2018, at 12:38 PM, Peter Korsgaard <peter at korsgaard.com> wrote:
> 
>>>>>> "Liam" == Liam Staskawicz <liam at stask.net> writes:
> 
>> I'd like to create a custom rootfs skeleton based on Ubuntu Base
>> (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Base) via the existing skeleton-custom
>> package, but rather than ship the entire skeleton in my repo, i'd like
>> to download it (either as a step in another custom package or
>> otherwise).
> 
> Doesn't this "base" already contain a number of libraries and programs?
> I don't quite see how this fits in Buildroot.
> 
>> Given that BR2_ROOTFS_SKELETON_CUSTOM_PATH is evaluated at kconfig
>> time, I don't see the best way to supply this value from another
>> package.
> 
>> Is there a recommended approach to supply this value more dynamically?
> 
> Instead of using it as a rootfs skeleton you could perhaps create a
> package to download such a "base" and extract it on top of the default
> skeleton?

Thanks for the response. I can indeed investigate overlaying it on the default skeleton - mainly wanted to confirm I was not missing an intended way to use the existing skeleton-custom mechanism with a more dynamically supplied custom path. Thank you.

Best,
Liam